12-17-2004, 04:18 PM
This one surprised me. Coming through immigration a couple of weeks ago with my 15 year old, the officer informed me that her Green Card expired on her 14th birthday. The card issued had the expiration date of 2011 but was still expired. He allowed her entry (did not make any real fuss about it) and said that I should get it renewed ASAP.
I searched high and low for information on this at the uscis web site but could find nothing. I called the information line who did indeed say that this was correct and I should replace the card without delay. The only place I saw reference to it was on the reverse of the I90 for replacing Green Cards, which does actually say that cards should be replaced within 30 days of the Childs 14th birthday.
So it was a jolly little field trip to the INS and $255 later that we have got it replaced. (Been told to wait 6 – 12 months for the replacement to arrive.)
Just thought I would share this with you. It certainly tripped me up as I was not aware of it, and also the renewal did not pose any hard questions or complications as to why I hadn't done it earlier.
I searched high and low for information on this at the uscis web site but could find nothing. I called the information line who did indeed say that this was correct and I should replace the card without delay. The only place I saw reference to it was on the reverse of the I90 for replacing Green Cards, which does actually say that cards should be replaced within 30 days of the Childs 14th birthday.
So it was a jolly little field trip to the INS and $255 later that we have got it replaced. (Been told to wait 6 – 12 months for the replacement to arrive.)
Just thought I would share this with you. It certainly tripped me up as I was not aware of it, and also the renewal did not pose any hard questions or complications as to why I hadn't done it earlier.